that ship the belgariad came and revealed some alarming details about the ship's life before its last voyage. i became captain of the vessel in two thousand and seven ship had made been renovated for a while before lands there were big problems with the engines and power generators repeatedly mention that to the management and even had an argument with them so as we can hear there for his efforts the captain lost his job these debates will continue as to what caused this tragic sinking but it doesn't do anything to relieve the grief here on the banks of the volga. this is the happy scene that showed her the this ship is designed almost identical to the bulgaria this room almost identical to the one that children on that ship played in but for whatever reason their fate was very different. as crowds gathered in remembrance of those killed by the sinking of the volga

pleasure boat it was the younger victims that seem to cast the longest shadow of. these schoolgirls but lost one of their classmates. to the most we studied he had a three year she never had arguments with anyone she was a very kind girl and was always ready to help. as divers reached the playroom one of the daria's of her decks they found the bodies of the children that had gathered there just before the boat sunk. in that once inside the boat the bodies were everywhere again the scorer's and cabins of us most of them were wearing the life rafts divers now have the awful tasco bringing the bodies to the surface those left behind can only wonder at how fast. their families were torn apart which to them

that's quite a bomb our colleague was on that ship she went on a cruise together with her family president five year old son and also as she was pregnant and was to deliver her second baby in august she is not found yet only her husband managed to survive she and her son died. and for those children left suddenly without parents the terrible truth they may not be able to comprehend for years she lost her mother and father we're all but will have to look after and she's only one and few years old knowledge to tell her we can't she wouldn't understand. there is much that people don't understand about this disaster reports about the ship's engines failing about blocked emergency exits and electricity failure that stopped any s.o.s. or evacuation instructions going out criminal cases have been opened into why two

ships passing straight after the sinking didn't stop to pick up a single person into why the aging vessel was allowed to sail in the first place but for those who have lost loved ones the case will never be closed. for either for more on what could of course a tragedy when i joined by our captain hartmann to force a kleinfeld an independent marine transport consultant thank you for joining us today many point to the vessels age as a factor in the border areas thinking that it is fifty years an extraordinary age for a ship today. yes. first of all please let me take the possibility to send my condolences to the families of the victims of this terrible disaster but according my opinion the age of the vessel should be not a reason to come into this disaster many records of those age navigate.

system. on this leg in russia and many most probably also nearly by this age but according my experience is age. is not the main reason of this disaster we have to take in consideration that we here under this circumstances a lot of reasons which make it possible to come into this disaster when you when you talk about the reasons and of this tragedy and what happened with with with the ship indeed i mean not the age of fifty years but it's nice to just simple maintenance of the ship. if he takes an age of fifty five years of course this is a question of the maintenance of course it's a question of the condition of the safety equipment of the condition of the life vests of life rafts and of the lifeboat of the condition of.

instruction. in case of emergency if the crew is able to bring all those instructions to very quickly as a presenter and give assistance to come as soon as possible to the main deck to reach their life equipment and. as we know from the. information which we have until now this was not possible crew was able to bring all of the people out of the vessel before the vessel sunk captain if i can just jump in jump in here just remember a moment or let's turn to another possible cause of what caused this ship to turn over that of bad weather the waves were said to be about a metre high that day what kind of threat would that be sent to a vessel like this because i mean that would also raise questions about why it was allowed onto the water in the first place. i think we have to take this question

also together this is a question of the age of service for many wrestlers. every day navy gate in this area navy gate also under this bad weather conditions and is a bad weather conditions i think is also not a reason for this disaster. touch this circumstances of whether it's a main task off of captain and off the crew to try to avoid to me does this mean he have to try to find a possibility to orders of course to avoid to touch this area and to avoid this if i may if i may regard it as a regardless of adjusting the course here one crewmember apparently said the captain was aware of technical failures long before this event but was forced to sail anyway now as a captain tell me can you actually be forced to sail in an unseaworthy vessel with

two hundred passengers including your own family on board. sorry about that i have to say so clearly this is a question which we have to wait for as a. final investigation russian or sororities but according to a good seamanship it cannot be happen is that the question is are kept in. squeezed and food forced. to leave port or two to three years. out from the port into this weather conditions. if you get any instruction from the from the owner for example. kept in this a person in charge and to person of responsibility. for the crew for the present as a vessel and he is responsible to find a solution to take all of. danger out problems this out from the present are

out forms of cool all right kept in a heart without food kleinfeld an independent marine and transport consultant many thanks. thank you very much. well on our website r.t. dot com you can read the account of one man who who alone saved almost eighty people from a ball go area many of praised the captain of the ship that stopped and helped the stricken pleasure cruiser but he modestly points to his crew and passengers as the real heroes he was also quoted saying that no one was untouched and that people rushed to help without hesitation willingly giving their clothes to the wounded there's more on our website at r.t. dot com. it's now eleven minutes past the hour here in moscow washington's proposed missile shield over europe remains the stumbling block in russian american relations that's according to foreign minister sergey lavrov now in the united states moscow wants legal guarantees that the shield will not target russia and argues that nato is on the willingness to provide them does little to

ease the tension as i see is a guy can explains. u.s. missile defense plans in europe are of course up for discussion here in washington foreign minister lavrov said russian news for him legally binding guarantees that the european missile defense project will not threaten russia's security there have been words before washington has many times said that the system would not be against russia but moscow needs to have it on paper some analyst explained that this urge that russia has for getting everything on paper with promises in the past that were not fulfilled for example when the soviet union collapsed russia was assured that nato would not be expanding towards its borders but it did it can do it continued recruiting new members of the bottom line is words are good but words in a legally binding agreement are better foreign minister lavrov said that's probably the most irritating issue in the relations between the two countries and there is a huge desire to live it behind and to rather turn it into an area of cooperation

that's on the ground that being created on the basis of american national design of missile defense which was not accepted by us is a reasonable way to respond to what sieved is being the purpose. system so we want to stick to the original that there would be no parts of the system which would create risks for the strategic stability and for the but then. strategic stability area namely through the course and also of the participants of the system russia has offered building the missile shield in europe together but that offer was turned down nato says russia can participate but it can't be a joint project because russia is not part of nato so that moscow says if that's the case let's base our relations on agreements not just words. with our team still to come in the program here the battle for asian economic supremacies look at the growing competition in trade between india and china and who seems to be losing

out. those that you guys are. and a hacking scandal goes international we look at the possible repercussions at home in britain. the eurozone has been dealt a blow it was ireland's debt is downgraded to junk status by moody's credit rating agency it's fueling concerns the country could need a second bailout this comes a week after portugal's rating was old reduced and follows speculation that italy to you might be soon asking for a helping hand to discuss the latest developments and what that might mean for the e.u. we are joined by paul not whole northwest england live for us in brussels good to see you so last week we had the portugal might need a new rescue package greece already had one island is predicted to be next do the bailouts work at all they haven't saved these people economies or where is all the money going. well the fact is that the bailouts are doing is they're throwing good money after bad this project was never going to work people like me said this ten

years ago that this was always about politics it was not about economics the idea that you could have a condom ease in the mediterranean in line with economies like germany fast growing economies like germany was never going to where the only way to get out of this mess is for those countries to go back home to their national potencies the value to get growth moving. exports going on at the moment they can't because they couldn't see are controlled by frankfurt they're controlled by the european central bank they're not controlled by athens or lisbon or even now with the us with billions of euros being thrown around here some are saying that we're seeing a high level cronyism corruption and fraudulent theft in broad daylight and the people powerless to do anything about it. well we see the people out on the streets in athens and i just wonder how long it will be before the people i would say in the streets in rome and in lisbon and in the open this thing is contagious this thing will move right across the continent specifically in the mediterranean and

the bigger issue now facing the old opinion is italy really is the third largest because. the largest economy in the world i think the eurozone can actually cope with greece and portugal the smaller economies but it's only goes the whole thing could cave in because if italy goes italy's economy is intertwined with spain and of spain and italy go then we are in serious trouble so italy is a major player when it comes to the eurozone neighborhood but how long will it be before the bigger economies like germany just say no more than no longer willing to bail out countries like greece and is there a limit to their patients wouldn't it just be easier to expel the debtors from the euro zone. well i expect that the the german people fed up with it i'm not sure whether the establishments are there will be a meeting which takes place on friday where they will discuss something called the big bang project or a big bang idea and what the idea that they will put forward is full fiscal union the people the mandarins in brussels don't see this crisis as

a bad thing what they see as an opportunity an opportunity to create the united states of europe and that's what they will push forward on friday and what that will do it will give germany greater control over the economies of the mediterranean in fact i will go as far to say that your money will have more power over europe that it's ever had it's very interesting a perspective you know and you offer that moody's credit rating agency has recently come under attack from european officials who called for rating agencies power to be how much if at all are they to blame for the financial troubles of europe's debt stricken countries do you think. well i just think that it is dangerous for the european union to criticize the credit rating agencies and what it does is it shows desperation the fact of the matter is that these credit rating agencies the independence of the european union with european commission is suggesting that they do crazy create their own credit rating get huge and see which will just propaganda i mean this is a kind of dictatorship this is madness the credit rating agencies are to blame the fact is is that these countries are in the euro zone they're stuck in

a prison and they can't control it and couldn't seize they desperately need to divide. you the only way to do that is for them to go back home to their national currencies all right so you can get back on your national currencies as you were saying we're going to italy is a major major player in the eurozone neighborhood of italy goes it could collapse the whole the whole the whole the eurozone but despite all the measures taken it seems now that a new predictions emerge every day of another country needing rescue and what does that say to you about the economic stability and of course the future of the whole union. well of course the euro is inextricably to the whole project and it's linked to the european union if the eurozone goes quite frankly you can see this whole thing breaking up but that is why they're so desperate to keep it that's why they're so desperate to save it because this was never about economics this was a project that people in my country a federal paying you know the courts in my country in which we're putting people out where i'm going to down twelve and a half billion the amount we're handing out in bailouts also we will throw a half billion it's thinking with the right terms given out with the left this is

completely wrong we in the u.k. are fed up with bailouts are the only way for these countries to survive is to break out of this prison which is the order as a whole not all that i mean people northwest thank you very much. thank you. by the world's two fastest growing economies india and china appear to have reached an economic faceoff the two countries have huge mutual exports but on india's part it's mostly raw materials while china specializes in manufactured goods the trade imbalance is putting new delhi at a growing disadvantage. explains. its dragon versus tiger in the battle for asian supremacy india and china two of the fastest growing economies but the world's largest population vying for power and prestige in asia and beyond where india has led the way in i.t. and back office is china research head in mobilizing its masses onto the factory

floor fuelling a huge trade deficit and a reality india is forced to accept is not as many. moving. to. india post world class in nuclear programs yet struggles to create every day jobs making every day goods something this cotton tycoon knows all too well it's cheaper for him to export to china to get the job done than let india buy it back. we make a profit of ten percent more in the international market than the domestic market ironically it's indian efficiency that's part of the problem with supply rapidly outpacing domestic demand. if you don't export in the cotton prices in india will crush and farmers will suffer as they won't get even the original price this will increase the quantity of cotton and even the indian government is encouraging the

export of cotton here in the cotton fields of india lies the heart of the indian chinese trade relationship more than seventy percent of the exports from india to china are raw materials like cotton however ninety percent of the exports from china to india are manufactured goods if india is selling well then why should it matter well having a twenty billion dollar gap with your next door neighbor puts power in their hands and makes jobs in savings dry up at home and economists know that only by sewing up a successful manufacturing sector will india's large unskilled workforce be soaked up but it's a blind spot that's leading to blind faith. and we should focus on the. rest of the. different. indian traders seem satisfied to because the set up means the money keeps rolling in. the benefits in exporting is that we get

a bigger volume of cotton and we also get paid on time but new delhi is worried knowing it has to cut its cloth before its economic run of luck is sewn up preassure there are tea in door india. and you can always find more from marty on our website of course including the latest news blogs and expert says his one of you there right now at r.t. dot com a snapshot from the stars and you could soon be able to see a picture of yourself taken from orbit with two special spy cameras installed the international space station plus. from catwalk to catfight there was anything but model behavior at a russian fashion show as a as a world of beauty turned really rather ugly find out the full story behind the high heels hostilities at our team dot com dear oh dear. the british prime minister david cameron is calling for an investigation into

allegations that victims of nine eleven were targeted by reporters the latest twist to the phone hacking scandal that's in gulf the rupert murdoch's media empire as the furor goes global it follows claims that journalists try to bribe new york police officers for access to victims of voicemail u.s. senators are also now calling for their own investigation into news corp meanwhile parliament has a vote calling on the media mogul to drop his why out plans for the country's largest cable t.v. broadcaster b. sky b. richard editor of the day online news service believes that the escalating crisis could threaten a box entire media empire. but where this does become a question for national security is the idea that police are selling private phone numbers and private contact details of people like the royal family and the prime minister obviously it's not necessarily the same to sell these things to a newspaper as it would be to sell them to a terrorist organization but if you can do one you may be able to do the other so

it's very serious the whole edifice of news international is deeply intertwined with the downing street machine all that is yet to come out and will cause a lot more headaches but i think what people i talk to in. expecting is for the scandal to go up through the chief executive of news international to james murdoch and james murdoch himself many people say should step down whether he's for. scape without serious damage is also doubtful although i don't think he's going to retire or leave the helm of the company. with all to live from moscow a business with marina is just a few minutes away but for now to some other international news at this hour. approaches to the egyptian capital cairo for the sixth day running a demanding the removal of the military council and threatening to expand sit in other cities demonstrators are also calling for after president hosni mubarak and his aides to face prosecution for the killing of hundreds of protesters during the

uprising in february the military has protesters against using violence but it wouldn't try to stop them about. the brother of the afghan president hamid karzai has been buried in kandahar. as i was murdered in his home there on tuesday the taliban has described your summation as their biggest achievement in ten years shortly after the ceremony two explosions were reported in kandahar and a regional governor narrowly escaped a roadside bombing on his way to the. right as i mentioned a moment ago and i'll talk to the business with. how while going to business here in our d.c. now let's start with the gold which is trading near record highs as investors are on for safe haven from the debt crisis spreading across europe jacobson from saxo bank believes the strength in precious metal will continue until they use

politicians find a workable solution. gold is now the only currency even though ironically it's not really a currency that is validating your your long term investment criteria is in the sense that this is a currency that cannot be devalued by printing of money i think the reason why gold is going up right now is that everyone seems to sense that the political solution once again becomes throwing more dead at a dead issue we need to change that will probably take some pressure off the rescreening gold but gold is going up today tomorrow and for the next week as long as the politician play this game of hide and seek and no decision making. hole despite the nervousness in europe in fact in the russian markets paedo westen from its in capital still believes there are good stories to trade here speaking about sectors i do think that in this environment you're likely to see more support for defensive names like telecoms like utilities although you could argue what to what extent utilities to rush out defensive but nevertheless the more liquid names like

those hydro holding might not be put in a bad bets you know in this kind of a run of it but nevertheless you also have the elections to look out for and we know that the kitties tend to be a so-so with high political risk. telecom so you know i mean ross telecom looks really interesting it's going to get the on the c.i. listing it's going to have a longer listing and really we're seeing an increasing interest in that name so i you know this is something which is both defensive but it's also a good story. beller may sell stakes in seven companies to russia after accepting a bailout for its crisis hit economy these will include gas pipeline companies and two refineries russian technologies corp hence they are on gas from are among those interested in the assets menstrual sieved an eight hundred million dollar bailout last month as the cash strapped economy burned through its currency reserves you know let's take a look at the markets european markets are in the black pot gains are limited after

a downgrade of ireland by moody's rating agency kept suffering that lauri's in focus group is up three point six percent in london making it the top gainer that's ours the luxury goods maker reported revenues up thirty percent in the first quarter. and here in moscow the markets have turned negative sentiment remains uncertain and light summer trade let's take a look at some individual movers on the my sex is burbank is a quarter of a percent after posting one hundred eighty percent jump in first half net profits but that's on the russian accounting standards or all crawly is around one and a half percent after the e.u. lifted porters on potage imports from russia and coal miner at a spot sky is continuing its rally up another four percent this hour on expectations over takeover bid from the. all that's all the business news for now join us for another all dates in fifteen minutes and then meantime stay tuned

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sit don't need to go and. read the same the colonel was hoto as a treat. it's now four thirty pm here in the russian capital new with odds here top stories the bodies of over one hundred people including many children have been recovered from the volga river at the site of sunday's sinking of a pleasure cruise on a rescuers continue the search for more that's around thirty remain missing. and the american missile shield over europe remains the main obstacle in a rush to u.s. relations once legal guarantees it won't be targeted the statement came from russia's foreign minister who is now visiting the u.s. . and the eurozone economic crisis deepens as debt is downgraded to junk that's fueling fears the country may need a second bailout this comes

a shortly after a similar project. made about portugal italy also tipped to be at risk. because of the headlines here next we asked the man in charge of the drug effort in russia how the country is tackling the flow of illegal substances from central asia and europe you're watching out. the problem of drugs and drug trafficking seems to not go anywhere no matter how much we fight it and today we're meeting with the head of russia's federal drug control service. to talk about the details of his fight and the problems that. are trying to drugs on the global scale. thank you very much for joining us today according to officials there more than seven thousand people have died in russia from drug related causes since the beginning of the year at the same time there are

others. that number is actually more than one hundred thousand and that is actually . why is there such a huge difference in the numbers. you see the figure of seven thousand of the number of people who actually died from poisoning that is they took such huge doses that their organs failed most drug users however don't die from overdosing they know how to measure that the reason for most drug related deaths is internal organ failure due to regular consumption do you think it's time for russia to implement some sort of very stringent punishments for drug use we have proposed a bill to distinguish between levels of crime which is being upheld by the government but individuals selling large quantities of drugs will be in for more severe punishment all the way up to a life sentence for people not involved in drug related crimes will consider all.